Received a detailed reply
from David Smith, Director, Radio Bar-Kulan in 2 days for a reception
report sent on 1st March, 2010 just after the inaugral txn was over at the
usual email id barkulanradio @ gmail dot com mentioned on their website.
Earlier, also received an instant auto reply from Sunni Said Salah, Senior
Somali Sports Journalist & Sports Chief Editor. Here's the reply
received from David Smith, Director, Radio Bar-Kulan : [..]

Radio Free Somalia : uses 7100,
1000-1200 daily, in Somali, from a site at Galkays, NoEA Somalia. NoEa
Somalia was to be renamed as -Republic of Puhtiland- on Apr 15 1998 by the
lcoal people. Uses 800 Watts, with a 5 Watt relay stn set up 700 kms to
the north at Bossusso, on 9420 or 9425, 1000-1200. QSLs available for five
IRCs, fr Sam Voron, 2 Griffith Avenue, Roseville, NSW, Australia 2069. Tel
: + 61 2 9417 1066. (via EDXP, May 1)

Just received e-mail QSL from Sam Voron
for my 22 Sep report of R Galkayo, Somalia on 7335. Yesterday, 23 Sep I
couldn't trace the station at all 1600-1800 and Sam gave explanation for
that: "Yesterday our city power only worked in some areas, not ours,
so we used our generator which means we cannot use our amplifier so we
only used 100Watts last night."

J.Savolainen-FIN

Cumbre DX-ML

Sep 03

[SOM]

Today I am even more excited! I got a
very nice and rapid e-mail from Sam Voron and I want you all to share my
happiness and joy. Please try to listen tonight, and if you hear his
message, please tell me! "Hello Bjorn, CONGRATULATIONS YOU HAVE
RECEIVED RADIO GALKAYO. QSL-QSL-QSL All your details in the letter below
are correct! In fact I was the DJ from 1730 to 1759UTC. I will be reading
your letter on air today and will also sing the national anthem near the
beginning because I know you have poor reception near our sign off. There
is no postal service here so will keep in touch via the shortwave
broadcast to you. [..] Great to meet a fellow radio lover! Regards, Sam
Voron"

Radio HARGEISA 7530 card 1 month from
Germany. I just wonder if this really comes from Somaliland / Somalia.

H.Romppainen-FIN

direct to QIP

Dez 00

[SOM]

15265, R. Hargeisa, partial-data "
studio card " as others have gotten, plus full-data ppc signed by
" A. Dobencs " or similar, with title of " Consul, "
in 53 days for cassette and mint stamps. Thanks to Harald Kuhl for
address. " Hargeisa " was filled in on ppc for xmtr location.
(15265 ?-ed)

11640 & 11645 Radio Hargesia 2- f/d
'studio cards with two announcers' plus 2-PPC's, signed and stamped, in 23
years and 53 days after initial report send to station way back in 1977;
89 days after last attempt from the address in Germany v/s A.Dobenes,
Consul. Thanks to Harald Kuhl for opening this one up especially for me to
get this one finally verified. (Kusalik)

E.Kusalik-AB-CAN

Cumbre DX 330

Jan 01

[SOM]

Coming home from another day at the City
Operations, my wife indicated that I had possibly a QSL (she knows when I
get these QSL replies..those strange envelopes with unusual stamps). Going
into my DX shack (where else would one find a QSL reply) noticed the
envelope, with the Large seal for 'Republic of Somaliland'. Nervously, I
hesitated, but urging from my wife..'well go ahead open it' slowly opened
the envelope. Out came two verification cards, showing the studios of
Radio Hargesia, with station personal at the controls and on the back full
data details. The reverse also gave a brief explanation about the Republic
of Somaliland's history. Included with the full data QSL cards, was my own
Prepared Cards, signed and stamped. The signature on the cards appear as
'A. Dobencs.Consul'. My reception was for November the 8th.1977 on 11645,
and the second logging was for October the 12th.1987 on 11640 kHz. This
ends my quest for a Radio Hargesia Verification..after 24 years of trying
to get a reply. Wouldn't believe the lengths I went to get my reports
verified, follow-ups, embassy routes, till finally just recently finding
an address in Germany. Even had my good friend, Joe Talbot of Red Deer,
Alberta, actually visit the station, on his trip to Africa. He just
couldn't get past the armed guards at the front gate. In fact, Joe
attempted some time ago to get my reports verified by 'contacts' in
Ethiopia. Thanks to Harald Kuhl for the address and to Joe Talbot, for his
support. The chapter is closed on this one...my last African Country to
get verified finally.

E.Kusalik-AB-CAN

direct to QIP

Jan 01

[SOM]

On Dec 26 I received a p / d Radio
Hargeisa QSL- the same " studio card " others have received- in
53 days for a cassette tape and mint stamps from the German Consulate. I
also received my f/d PPC signed by " A. Dobencs " or a spelling
similar to that whose title is " Consul ". The transmitter
location was filled in as " Hargeisa ". This was for 7530 kHz
for Hargeisa's morning transmission (0328 UTC). Thanks to Harald Kuhl for
the address !

7530 Radio Hargeisa " thanks for
listener report " studio shot card in less than 3 weeks. Same card as
shown on CRW and other sites. v/s Baldur Dobancs (Lam Jan 29)

K.MacHarg-EQA

Cumbre DX 332

Feb 01

[SOM]

7530 R. Hargeisa The same p / d "
studio card " others have received, plus a f/d ppc signed and
stamped, in 6 days for 2 IRC's from the Somaliland Consulate in Germany.
Along with my report, I enclosed a cassette tape and audio CD with 5
minutes of my best reception, and squeezed it all into a $ 5.00 flat-rate
international priority mail envelope.

R. Hargeisa: Exact replica of the QSL
reply for Hargeisa quoted in NU 1616 [..]; in 10 days for GM stamps.
Prepared sheet also filled out. This was for a copy of a 1976 rpt on the
period of rcpn on 11646 quoted in NU 364 [Nov 27, 1976--JB]. Seems that 24
years is a magic number for African holdouts; it took me also 24 years and
numerous rpts to get responses out of Malabo and Zanzibar. That disposes
of my African backlog. Now, does anyone know any successor to the
Gibraltar Steamship Co. or a Swan Island consul who can handle a 1962 rpt
on R. Swan/Americas? (Howard Hunt wasn't interested.) Two other things
worth noting about the Hargeisa QSL. First, the consul represents the
Republic of SomaliLAND, i.e. not exactly a country, more a quasi-country
like Free Bougainville. I guess this works because Hargeisa is a long way
from the center of authority in Somalia, and there isn't much of a central
authority at the center anyway at present. But this doesn't affect the
value (even philosophical validity) of the QSL, fortunately. Second, as
far as my rough counting of SWBC stns according to demanding NASWA-type
criteria on what it takes for a "station" to be a station, this
is my 1000th SW stn verified. Time for a short rest now?

Radio Hargeisa 7530, confirmed in 13
days with partial data QSL, v/s Baldur Drobnica. $1 was returned as not
enough postage and the card was routed to an amateur radio op in Virginia
who forwarded to me. Address I used was Konsularische Vertretung
Somaliland, Baldur Drobnica, Zedernweg 6, 50127 Bergheim, Germany.

6980 Radio Mogadishu,
Voice of the People. A fellow journalist visiting Mogadishu took my
reception report along and got a nice verification letter signed by
Director General, Mohamed Omar Abdi. The station office is located at
the Ministry of Information of the Aideed faction. There is still no
postal service to Somalia, but if you can find a representative of the
Aideed -government- somewhere abroad, that might be a way to get mail
through to them.

Just received an e-mail verification
from 6961 R Shabele, Mogadishu, Somalia for my reception of 28 Feb 2004.
I sent my report to Chairman of Shabele Media Network (maalik @
shabele.com).

J.Savolainen-FIN

direct to QIP

Mrz 04

[SOM]

Received an email qsl this morning
confirming my reception of Radio Shabelle (Somalia) on 27 November, 2005
on 6960.1. I sent out several emails to addresses I found on the
following page,and the one that I finally received a response from was
mustafa AT shabelle DOT net. www.shabellenews.com/ Mustafa Hajji is
their English Page Editor.

6960 R. Shabelle E-mailed
QSL in 1 day for 3/9 reception at 0357 on the 6960 freq via DX Tuner SE.
Signer was the Shabelle Media Network Manager, Malik Yusuf Mohamud. I
had e-mailed both info@shabelle.net and maalik@shabelle.net (the E-mail
address for Malik is indeed not spelled quite like his name...).

17550, R. Waaberi, nice phone call
within a few hours of sending an E-rpt with RealAudio file to
info@radiowaaberi.org, brief E-mail the following day: "Hello
Jerry. Thanks very much for contacting us. Yes, you heard it right.
Radiowaaberi went on air on 07/22/05. We broadcast on 17550 kHz on
Fridays from 4:30 - 5:00 PM (Horn of Africa time). Thanks again. Ali
Gulaid."

Radio Waaberi 17,550 via Jülich. Very
brief e-mail QSL 14 hours after I sent an e-mail to
info@radiowaaberi.org reporting their broadcast of the past 3 Fridays,
¡°You heard it right. Thanks. Ali Gulaid.¡±

W.Craighead-KS-USA

DXplorer-ML

Aug 05

[D]

I received a e-mail from info @
radiowaaberi.org for my e-mail report in one day. They said "Yes,
you are right and thank you for the report Radiowaaberi management"